On the Effective Description of Dynamically Broken SUSY-Theories

Abstract

We introduce a new class of effective actions describing dynamically broken supersymmetric theories in an essentially non-perturbative region. Our approach is a generalization of the known supersymmetric non-linear sigma models, but allows in contrast to the latter the description of dynamical supersymmetry breaking by non-perturbative non-semiclassical effects. This non-perturbative breaking mechanism takes place in confined theories, where the effective fields are composite operators. It is necessary within the context of quantum effective actions and the associated concept of symmetry breaking as a hysteresis effect. In this paper we provide a mathematical definition and description of the actions, its application to specific supersymmetic gauge theories is presented elsewhere.